Citation and reference tools for your master thesis

Verktøy for å håndtere siteringer og referanser i masteroppgaven

Citations and references The citation goes into the body text and points to the full description of the document in the literature list or in a footnote. The purpose of the citation is to make it easy locate the reference. The reference is a complete description of the of the cited document. The purpose of the reference is to make it easy to locate and access the full document.

Sitering og referanse Siteringen inngår i teksten og viser til litteraturlista som ligger bak i dokumentet eller i en fotnote. Siteringen skal gjøre det enkelt å finne fram til riktig referanse i lista Referansen er en fullstendig bibliografisk beskrivelse av dokumentet det refereres til. Referansen har opplysningene som trengs for å lokalisere og få tak i dokumentet

Citation styles [1], [2,3], [4-8] (Shneiderman, 1983) (Shneiderman, 1983, page 47) [Knuth 80] [Knuth]

Siteringsstiler [1], [2,3], [4-8] (Shneiderman, 1983) (Shneiderman, 1983, side 47) [Knuth 80] [Knuth]

Reference styles Plain (BibTeX): [19] E. Dijkstra. Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11(3):147-148, 1968. Harvard: DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148. APA: Dijkstra, E. (1968). Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11(3), 147-148. Chicago: Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48.

Referansestiler Plain (BibTeX): [19] E. Dijkstra. Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11(3):147-148, 1968. Harvard: DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148. APA: Dijkstra, E. (1968). Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11(3), 147-148. Chicago: Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48.

Sorting the reference list Citation by numbers[19] Numbers in the order of citation Numbered list sorted alphabetically by author and title [19] Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48. Numbered list sorted alphabetically by author and publishing year [19] DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148. Citation by name (Dijkstra 68) Sorted alphabetically by author and title Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48. Sorted alphabetically by author and publishing year DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148.

Sortering av referanselista Sitering er nummer [19] Nummerert i den rekkefølgen referansene blir sitert Nummerert liste sortert alfabetisk etter forfatter/tittel [19] Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48. Nummerert liste sortert alfabetisk etter forfatter/år [19] DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148. Sitering er navn (Dijkstra 68) Sortert alfabetisk etter forfatter/tittel Dijkstra, Edsger. "Go to Statement Considered Harmful." Communications of the ACM 11, no. 3 (1968): 147-48. Sortert alfabetisk etter forfatter/år DIJKSTRA, E. (1968) Go to statement considered harmful. Communications of the ACM, 11, 147-148.

Tools EndNote Extensive database system for references and documents integrated with authoring tools. References may be imported from many sources. Includes a variety of predefined styles for citations and references or you may configure yourself. UiO has site-licence. (Windows or Mac OS) BibLaTeX A system for LaTeX users in combination with Emacs and included macros. Data may be imported from many informatics sources. You may select styles from a predefined set. Free. (Linux, Windows, Mac) Zotero Add-on to Firefox which makes it possible to collect references directly from web pages into a local database and use them with various authoring tools. You may export data to other tools. Predefined styles. Free.

Referanseverktøy EndNote Omfattende databaseopplegg for håndtering av referanser og dokumenter som kan brukes sammen med skriveverktøy. Data kan hentes fra mange kilder. Stiler kan velges blant tusener og/eller konfigureres. UiO har site-lisens. (Windows eller Mac) BibLaTeX Et system for dem som bruker LaTeX. Data kan hentes fra mange kilder. Stil kan velges blant en del hovedtyper. Gratis. (Linux, Windows, Mac) Zotero Et programtillegg (add-on) til Firefox som gjør det mulig å samle referanser direkte fra web-sider og siden bruke dem sammen med skriveverktøy, evt eksportere til andre referanseverktøy. Stiler kan velges. Gratis.

Which authoring tool/word processor do you use? EndNote, Zotero OpenOffice Writer, LibreOffice Pages (Mac) EndNote LaTeX BibLaTeX (Emacs/RefTeX, JabRef), BibTeX-export from EndNote and Zotero)

Hvilket skriveprogram bruker du? Word EndNote, Zotero OpenOffice Writer, LibreOffice Pages (Mac) EndNote LaTeX BibLaTeX (Emacs/RefTeX, JabRef), BibTeX-eksport fra EndNote og Zotero)

BibLaTeX and EndNote from the sources

Zotero from the sources(ACM)

Zotero from the sources (IEEE)

Normalizing author names When full names are entered in your data, the reference style will decide whether full names or initials will be used. Consistency will be secured. Will collocate works by the same author in the reference list (when sorted by author name)

Normalisering av personnavn Når man registrerer fullt navn, sikres konsistens. Referansestilen bestemmer om fullt navn eller bare initialer skal vises. om navnet skal skrives med store bokstaver Ensartet navn samler verk av samme forfatter i referanselista når lista er sortert på navn.

Kurs - Courses EndNote med øvelser (3 timer) 27/8 12:15 – 15:00 27/8 12:15 – 15:00 28/8 12:15 – 15:00 29/8 09:15 – 12:00 (English version) BibLaTeX med øvelser (3 timer) 27/8 15:15 – 18:00 28/8 15:15 – 18:00 29/8 12:15 – 15:00 (English version)